Mingyong Han at the A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering and co-workers have now discovered a way to produce high-quality nanoscale heterojunctions, setting the stage for cheaper and more efficient photovoltaic devices.
Aug 17th, 2011
Read moreAnalysis by MIT researchers could lead to improved coatings using polymer-based nanocomposite materials.
Aug 17th, 2011
Read morePlasmonic technique helps enhance power conversion by up to 20 percent.
Aug 16th, 2011
Read moreScientists can now look deeper into new materials to study their structure and behavior, thanks to work by an international group of researchers led by UC Davis and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Aug 16th, 2011
Read moreRegenerating bones with materials of natural origin that can bear a lot of weight might not be science-fiction anymore. Scientists are looking for new ways to transform complex and organized structures that already exist in nature into a device to improve bone and ligament substitution.
Aug 16th, 2011
Read moreFor the third time, the VDI (Association of German Engineers) and the DBU (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt) will present the international Bionic-Award for outstanding scientific achievement in the field of biomimetic/bionic product development.
Aug 16th, 2011
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Researchers from North Carolina State University, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and CFD Research Corporation have found a new way to develop straight carbon nanofibers on a transparent substrate.
Aug 16th, 2011
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A team of researchers involving scientists from The University of Nottingham has shown for the first time that chemical reactions at the nano-level which change the structure of carbon nanotubes can be sparked by an 'attack' from within.
Aug 16th, 2011
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope identified signs of the graphene in two small galaxies outside of our own, called the Magellanic Clouds, specifically in the material shed by dying stars, called planetary nebulae.
Aug 16th, 2011
Read moreScientists from Singapore's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering have created a new polymer with both high charge mobility and high power conversion efficiency for application in both plastic electronics and organic solar cells.
Aug 16th, 2011
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Tiny particles made of polymers hold great promise for targeted delivery of drugs and as structural scaffolds for building artificial tissues. However, current production methods for such microparticles yield a limited array of shapes and can only be made with certain materials, restricting their usefulness.
Aug 16th, 2011
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A novel microscopy method at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is helping scientists probe the reactions that limit widespread deployment of fuel cell technologies.
Aug 15th, 2011
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More affordable and efficient solar cells, batteries and lighting systems could result from a new X-ray lens that will let scientists study the nanoscale in greater detail than ever before.
Aug 15th, 2011
Read moreMinefields are a humanitarian disaster throughout the world, and now researchers in Scotland have designed a new device that could more reliably sense explosives, helping workers to identify and deactivate unexploded mines.
Aug 15th, 2011
Read morePhysicists from the University of California at San Diego have demonstrated a new technique to control the speed and direction of light using memory metamaterials whose properties can be repeatedly changed.
Aug 15th, 2011
Read moreBy combining two frontier technologies, spintronics and straintronics, a team of researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University has devised perhaps the world's most miserly integrated circuit.
Aug 15th, 2011
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